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The false ascetic goes on: so I stay hidden in the world, with no aim apart from Hari. The Lord knows everything without being told; what is gained by pleasing people? You are dear to me and trust me; if I hid anything from you now, son, a grave fault would fall on me. The more detached he sounded, the more the king's trust grew. When he saw the king won over in deed, mind and speech, the heron-like ascetic said: my name, brother, is Ekatanu. The king bowed and asked him to explain the meaning of the name, taking him for his own servant. He said: when the first creation arose, I was born, and since then I have never taken another body; hence the name Ekatanu.
ता तेँ गुपुत रहउँ जग माहीँ । हरि तजि किमपि प्रयोजन नाहीँ ॥
प्रभु जानत सब बिनहिँ जनाये । कहहु कवन सिधि लोक रिझाये ॥
tā tem̐ guputa rahaum̐ jaga māhīm̐ | hari taji kimapi prayojana nāhīm̐ ||
prabhu jānata saba binahim̐ janāye | kahahu kavana sidhi loka rijhāye ||
तुम्ह सुचि सुमति परम प्रिय मोरें । प्रीति प्रतीति मोहि पर तोरें ॥
अब जौँ तात दुरावउँ तोही । दारुन दोष घटइ अति मोही ॥
tumha suci sumati parama priya moreṃ | prīti pratīti mohi para toreṃ ||
aba jaum̐ tāta durāvaum̐ tohī | dāruna doṣa ghaṭai ati mohī ||
जिमि जिमि तापस कथइ उदासा । तिमि तिमि नृपहि उपज विस्वासा ॥
देखा स्वबस करम-मन-बानी । तब बोला तापस बगध्यानी ॥
jimi jimi tāpasa kathai udāsā | timi timi nṛpahi upaja visvāsā ||
dekhā svabasa karama-mana-bānī | taba bolā tāpasa bagadhyānī ||
नाम हमार एकतनु भाई । सुनि नृप बोले पुनि सिर नाई ॥
कहहु नाम कर अरथ बखानी । मोहि सेवक अति आपन जानी ॥
nāma hamāra ekatanu bhāī | suni nṛpa bole puni sira nāī ||
kahahu nāma kara aratha bakhānī | mohi sevaka ati āpana jānī ||
आदि सृष्टि उपजी जबहिँ, तब उतपति भइ मोरि ।
नाम एकतनु हेतु तेहि, देह न धरी बहोरि ॥
ādi sṛṣṭi upajī jabahim̐, taba utapati bhai mori |
nāma ekatanu hetu tehi, deha na dharī bahori ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
